take the secret to the grave
die without revealing a secret
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dig your own grave
do something foolish which causes you to fail or leads to your downfall
1995 - Colin Bateman - Divorcing Jack - Then I thought about Patricia again and how much I was missing her and how I'd dug my own grave over the phone.
have one foot in the grave
be near death through old age or illness – informal – often humorous
silent as the grave = quiet as the grave
very quiet
turn over in their grave
used to express the opinion that something would have caused anger or distress in someone who is now dead
1998 – Spectator - There was a lot of buzz at JeffKoons's studio. But the grinding noise one heard was Peter Fuller turning in his grave.
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